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Self publishing can be an important tool for small business. Books on your area of expertise can create a whole new product line for your business and now getting published is no longer the obstacle it once was. The self publishing revolution with technologies like print on demand at the forefront have revolutionized the publishing industry. This Read More

How to hire a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), and when to hire one for your small business, is an important question to answer. In this video, Mike of TopButton.com, a fashion media company, emphasizes the need to use an accountant to avoid letting the bookkeeping part of your business distract you from developing your core products and service Read More

When it comes to small business, working with your spouse is sometimes an occupational hazard. As Andrew Field of PrintingForLess.com explains on SBTV.com, working with your husband or wife requires care to see that relationship and business issues do not overlap. This is a subject very near and dear to my heart since my wife and I often work toge Read More

This HUGE resource from the U.S. Small Business Administration contains article after article and link after link of food for thought when considering how to go about starting your business. From writing a business plan to performing due diligence, this link provides a wealth of information and is a good bookmark for any would-be or existing entre Read More

Invesp Consulting presents this great list of the top 100 small business blogs via blogrank and includes Google ranking and other details. The list also includes a large smattering of blogs taking the topic of small business from every conceivable angle. This is a great resource if you happen to need to beef up your blogroll with some high quality Read More

When engaged in small business hiring, promote from within suggests Seth Goldman, President and TeaEO of Honest Tea. Though Coca-Cola Company purchased a 40 percent share in Goldman's startup in 2008, Honest Tea, specializing in bottled organic beverages, can fairly be called a small business. Goldman freely admits that the decision to promote fr Read More

In this report on financing options for your small business, Abby Prince of SmallBusinessNewz gives a run down of the kind of paperwork you will need to facilitate a business loan quickly, the types of loans or other funding sources (including friends and family) you may wish to consider and the positives and negatives of each. I'd be interested Read More

If you're starting a small business, you'll need a business plan, says Abby Prince of SmallBusinessNewz. Experts argue the business plan can be important for small businesses whether you plan to ever approach investors or not. A business plan can answer key questions and be a great exercise for entrepreneurs when considering their startup to det Read More

In this awesome commencement address for Stanford University's 2005 graduating class, the founder of both Apple and Pixar talks about entrepreneurship and life. I think you can find this video inspiring no matter how large or small your business and no matter what it is you are hoping to do. Most resounding is Jobs' exhortation "Stay hungry. St Read More

Romanian-based entrepreneur Cristian Dorobantescu presents this small business interview with Leslie Linevsky, co-founder of Catalogs.com. The interview covers Linesvsky and her husband's adventures in the online retail world but also gives ideas on finding and establishing a niche, even in the shadow of competing online retail giants like Amazon Read More